Three Billion Photos At Flickr
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A Flickr user named Garrett Ryan Smith uploaded the 3 billionth photo to the site today. The last big milestone was 2 billion photos, a year ago.
They’re well behind Facebook, with 10 billion. And they’re falling further behind – a year ago Facebook had just 4.1 billion photos.
Still, it’s a staggering number of photos for a site that launched in 2004.
